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Outcry over Alar put squeeze on apple sales last year
Outcry over Alar put squeeze on apple sales last year

Outcry over Alar put squeeze on apple sales last year

Date4/3/1990
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Original Toronto Star caption: Outcry over Alar put squeeze on apple sales last year.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0007917F
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      Mr. Vitamin E, as Bill Gutterson is called, stands in the Rexdale office of Webber Pharmaceuticals Ltd., which has increased sales by 40 per cent over last year. There's been a great revival in vitamin E. It's being used for everything from heart trouble to pollution ailments.
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      Sales technique: It's best to do a little homework to determine a suitable price for your car before you advertise it or put it on a sales lot
      Beaty, Keith
      12/9/1982
      Provincial Attorney-General Robert Welch announced yesterday that he is seeking changes in federal drug laws in the wake of the public outcry over a r(...)
      Provincial Attorney-General Robert Welch announced yesterday that he is seeking changes in federal drug laws in the wake of the public outcry over a r(...)
      Borovoy, A. Alan (Alfred Alan), 1932-
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      Big plans: Bob Collins-Wright, president of Inglis, says his company will invest $60 million over the next five years and hire an additional 1,000 workers. He predicts his expanded firm will capture 35-to-40 per cent of all appliance sales in Canada this year.
      Beaty, Keith
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      Veteran Merchandiser Chuck Drury is heading an ambitious expansion in the catalogue showroom business by Shop-Rite, a division of Hudson's Bay Co. Sho-Rite will open 30 sales rooms next month, several in the Toronto area. More units under banners of Woolco, Cardinal and Consumers Distributing will push sales over $200 million.
      Bull, Ron
      8/29/1973
      Custom cut: Arthur Frderico, Toronto branch manager for Reilly Lock, displays some of the locks and keys his company offers including an $8 pick-proof deadbolt. Reilly's sales which last year reached $1.5 million are on the increase this year as homowners
      Custom cut: Arthur Frderico, Toronto branch manager for Reilly Lock, displays some of the locks and keys his company offers including an $8 pick-proof deadbolt. Reilly's sales which last year reached $1.5 million are on the increase this year as homowners
      Beaty, Keith
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      Happy ending: Robert Jackson, Ontario's young entrepreneur of the year, went from being a junkie to running a innovative company that had sales of $560,000 last year
      Happy ending: Robert Jackson, Ontario's young entrepreneur of the year, went from being a junkie to running a innovative company that had sales of $560,000 last year
      McConnell, Colin
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      Combs, Erin
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      Sizzling soft-tops: U.S. convertible sales climbed 11.5 per cent last year. Mazda's Miata led the parade with 30,000 units sold, with the Chrysler LeBaron next
      Mahler, John
      5/10/1992
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      Super hot dog salesman is Manfred Doblinger president of VS services Ltd., which sold nearly one million hot dogs at Exhibition stadium last year. He may get permission to sell beer this summer but he's not too enthusiastic about the idea. It would be expensive, and - horros - cut down hot dog sales.
      Mahler, John
      2/21/1978
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      Loek, Dick
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      Exiled Bishop Donal Lamont, Urges world-wide outcry against hangings
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      Bezant, Graham
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